Baked Crab Cakes with Avocado Mousse

Recipe courtesy Tricia Pennestri

Show: Inside DishEpisode: Dennis Franz

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Total Time:
42 min
Prep
30 min
Cook
12 min
Yield:
4 to 6 servings
Level:
Easy
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Ingredients

  • 1 pound lump crabmeat
  • 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
  • 2 tablespoons spicy mustard
  • 1/2 cup panko bread crumbs
  • 1 teaspoon minced red jalapeno pepper
  • 1 teaspoon minced green jalapeno pepper
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme leaves
  • 1 tablespoon chopped chives
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 1 medium lemon, juiced
  • 1/2 medium orange, juiced
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • Salad, for serving, recipe follows
  • Avocado Mousse, recipe follows

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

Pick through crabmeat to make sure it has no shells. Stir in mayonnaise and mustard. Add 1/4 cup of the bread crumbs, red and green jalapenos, thyme, chives, salt, and pepper and mix in thoroughly. Add the lemon juice and orange juice and stir to combine.

Line a (1/2-cup) measuring cup with plastic wrap and pack cup with crab mixture. Pull plastic wrap so that molded crab mixture can be easily removed and place on a cookie sheet lined with waxed paper. Repeat until all of the mixture has been molded into cakes. Sprinkle 1/4 cup of bread crumbs on a plate and mix with olive oil. Sprinkle a little of this mixture on top of each crab cake. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until golden brown. Serve over the salad and top with a dollop of avocado mousse.

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Salad:

  • 2 small carrots, peeled and julienned
  • About 4 cups mixed greens, washed and dried
  • 2 tablespoons sesame oil
  • 1/2 medium lemon, juiced
  • Pinch salt
  • Pinch pepper
  • Citrus fruit wedges (oranges, blood oranges, grapefruits, and/or lemons), for garnish, optional

Place julienned carrots in a bowl of cold water (which will cause them to curl). Meanwhile, toss greens with sesame oil, lemon juice, and salt and pepper. Fill the bottom of a cocktail glass with a handful of the salad and top it with a few of the carrot strips. Place 1 crab cake on top of salad. Place citrus fruit wedges around crab cake, if desired. Repeat for remaining servings.

Avocado Mousse:

  • 1 large avocado
  • 1 tablespoon heavy whipping cream
  • 1/2 medium orange, juiced
  • 1/2 medium lemon, juiced
  • Salt and pepper

Scrape the flesh of the avocado into a medium mixing bowl, discarding the skin and pit. Mash with a fork until moderately lumpy. Add cream, orange juice, and lemon juice and stir gently to combine. Season with salt and pepper, to taste, and stir until well mixed. Place a dollop of the mouse on top of each crab cake.

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  • on June 29, 2010

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    Best recipe and even better because its not fried!!!! : Made mine with imitation crab meat, and serve with a squeeze of lemon juice on top instead of over a salad and with avacado mousse. Big hit in my household!!!

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  • on May 04, 2008

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    This is one of the easiest crab cake recipes that I've used and it tastes great will be making this one again

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  • on July 10, 2007

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    Baked these cakes in cup cake pan as recommended by other members. That really helped out a lot. We used imitation crab meat which worked really well. Cakes were a bit flaky but really had lots of flavor. We loved the spiciness from the jalepeno peppers. Super dish!

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